imputes

VERB

attribute

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ascribe

STRONG

accredit accuse adduce assign blame brand censure charge credit hint indict insinuate intimate lay refer reference stigmatize

WEAK

hang something on pin on

Antonyms

STRONG

absolve exculpate exonerate praise

WEAK

defend guard help protect

Example Sentences

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Like Van Gogh’s brush work, Thomas’s imputes electricity or some other unseen energy to the whole of the universe.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2021

“Leave of absence still imputes the financial interests of the firm to him.”

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2020

The bureau imputes the characteristics of a small number of households in every census.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2020

Finally, this worldview imputes motives to the media that just aren’t there.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2016

Mr. Hykes indirectly imputes the extortion of enormous burial fees in this cemetery to the clergy.

From The Friars in the Philippines by Coleman, Ambrose